St Mary's Catholic School (Putāruru)
Full Primary · State : Integrated
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 170
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 5 Mackenzie Street, Putaruru
- Territorial authority
- South Waikato District
- Phone
- 07-8851006
- office@stmarysput.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
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What would the day look like?
The practical things this school states on its own website — the hours, the uniform, the term dates, and how children get there. These are the school’s own words, not the Ministry’s record and not ERO’s.
Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.
- Uniform
- Required
Summer Uniform is worn in term 1 and 4 of the school year Girls: Blue and white checked dress, white ankle socks and black leather shoes or brown Roman sandals
- Required
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2025: Monday 3rd February – Friday 11th April
Starts: Monday 3rd February Waitangi Day: Thursday 6th February Ends: Friday 11th April
Year stated asTerm Dates 2025
- Term 2, 2025: Monday 28th April – Friday 27th June
Starts: Monday 28th April King's Birthday: Monday 2nd June Matariki: Friday 20th June Ends: Friday 27th June
Year stated asTerm Dates 2025
- Term 3, 2025: Monday 14th July – Friday 19th September
Starts: Monday 14th July Ends: Friday 19th September
Year stated asTerm Dates 2025
- Term 4, 2025: Monday 6th October – TBC
Starts: Monday 6th October Labour Day: Monday 27th October Ends: TBC
Year stated asTerm Dates 2025
- Term 1, 2025: Monday 3rd February – Friday 11th April
What is on offer beyond the classroom?
The sports, arts, clubs and groups this school names on its own website. Not a complete list of what any school offers, and not a count — a school that names more here has written more down, which is not the same as doing more.
Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.
- On offer
- the extension art group
Many thanks to Cecilia MacKinnon and the extension art group for their hard work completing the Art and Breakfast Club room.
- the extension art group
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 107
- Māori
- 43
- Pacific
- 10
- Asian
- 40
- MELAA
- 3
- Other
- 1
- International
- 0
Roll by year level and age
Shown as context, not ranked, not compared to any average. As at 30 June 2026, from the same annual return as the roll count above.
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 01 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| Year 02 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| Year 03 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 25 |
| Year 04 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
| Year 05 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| Year 06 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| Year 07 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 31 |
| Year 08 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| Total | 50 | 9 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 175 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| Age 06 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| Age 07 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| Age 08 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 21 |
| Age 09 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 32 |
| Age 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| Age 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 30 |
| Age 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| Age 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 50 | 9 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 175 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| St Mary's Catholic School (Putāruru) | 0% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 53.9% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State : Integrated | 16.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 0% |
| Total | 0% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison stand-down rates data (2024)
Age-standardised suspension rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| St Mary's Catholic School (Putāruru) | 0% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 6.6% |
| Full Primary | 3.9% |
| State : Integrated | 1.6% |
| New Zealand | 4.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 0% |
| Total | 0% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison suspension rates data (2024)
Age-standardised exclusion rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| St Mary's Catholic School (Putāruru) | 0% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 2.4% |
| Full Primary | 1.7% |
| State : Integrated | 0.5% |
| New Zealand | 1.8% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 0% |
| Total | 0% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison exclusion data (2024)
About the school
- Equity Index (EQI)
- 455
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Small urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 1944
The Equity Index is used by the Ministry to allocate equity funding. It describes the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, not how good the school is. How the Equity Index works
What did ERO find?
The Education Review Office reviews every school and publishes what it finds in full. We quote ERO’s report here, section by section, in ERO’s own words and order, and link to it. We do not summarise a report, pick a line out of one, or turn one into a score. How ERO reviews schools
- Reports ERO holds
- 4
- Last reviewed
- 22 March 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (22 March 2023)
A board assurance statement is the board’s own account of whether it took all reasonable steps to meet its legal obligations, on the date shown. It is not ERO’s finding. ERO reports separately, in the same report, on any non-compliance it identified during that process.
The board assurance report of 22 March 2023 carries no actions-for-compliance section — the section ERO uses when it names non-compliance it identified. That is what this report contains; it is not ERO saying it found none. Other reports ERO holds for this school may say something different.
The roll ERO recorded, and when
ERO writes a roll into each report it publishes: a count taken for that report, on the day shown, by the review team that was there. The Ministry of Education’s current roll for this school is 170 — the figure at the top of this page, and the one to use for how big the school is now. These are a different measurement by a different body, so they will rarely agree, and a difference between them is not a change in the school.
June 2016
181
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 6 September 2016
November 2011
193
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 25 January 2012
We draw no line between these. Each was counted for its own report, years apart, by a different review team, and a roll moves between reviews for reasons none of these figures record — so the difference between any two of them measures nothing.
What ERO wrote in its latest report
This is ERO’s report of 22 March 2023 — “Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report” — section by section, under ERO’s own headings, in ERO’s own order. Nothing is summarised, shortened or reordered.
Background
This Profile Report was written within six months of the Education Review Office and St Mary’s Catholic School ( Putāruru ) working in Te Ara Huarau , an improvement evaluation approach used in most English Medium State and State Integrated Schools. For more information about Te Ara Huarau see ERO’s website. www.ero.govt.nz
Context
St Mary’s Catholic School is a state integrated school located in the South Waikato town of Putāruru . It provides education for learners in Years 1 to 8.
The strategic priorities of St Mary’s Catholic School ( Putāruru ) for improving outcomes for learners are:
to continue to strengthen community partnerships while striving for excellence in the Marist Tradition
to implement a culturally responsive localised curriculum
to grow student and teacher agency
to promote the integration of the new religious education curriculum ( Te Whakatupu ma te Mātauranga ) across all learning areas.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on the website of St Mary’s Catholic School ( Putāruru ).
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the effectiveness of approaches to teaching and learning in mathematics for equity and excellence.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
school achievement information indicates the need to reassess the approach to teaching mathematics
to build a consistent approach to the teaching of mathematics across the school, to understand and meet the needs of all learners
to build an understanding about the progressions of learning in mathematics in the wider school community.
The school expects to see:
an enriched and consistently implemented mathematics programme based on learning progressions that meet the needs of all learners
a partnership between whānau and school to support learners to have confidence in their approach to learning mathematics
excellent and equitable outcomes for all ākonga .
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate the effectiveness of approaches to teaching and learning in mathematics to support equity and excellence:
an established and experienced leadership team who are focused on achieving equity and excellence
established systems and processes to support change initiatives
established formative assessment practices that guide teaching and learning
a strong professional network beyond the school with educational leaders who contribute to, and support the school improvement process.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
building kaiako understanding and use of learning progressions in mathematics and what they look like in action
growing learner understanding and use of the mathematics progressions
consulting with whānau to determine the best way to further build partnerships for learning in mathematics.
ERO’s role will be to support the school in its evaluation for improvement cycle to improve outcomes for all learners. ERO will support the school in reporting their progress to the community. The next public report on ERO’s website will be a Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report and is due within three years.
Phil Cowie Director Review and Improvement Services (Central) Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
22 March 2023
About the School
The Education Counts website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement. educationcounts.govt.nz/home
Read the full report on ero.govt.nz →
All 4 reports ERO holds for this school
ERO reviews a school every few years — around four years between reviews is the usual cycle — so an older date here reflects where a school sits in that cycle, not how it is doing.
Source: Education Review Office, CC BY 4.0.
Roll date: 30 June 2026 (2026).